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“Scholars of diplomacy have identified diplomatic practices across the human experience, spanning the globe and going back before recorded history. Even so, the actual term diplomacy did not enter into usage until the last decade of the eighteenth century.”

- Halvard Leira, “A Conceptual History of Diplomacy,” The SAGE Handbook of Diplomacy, 2016

A sound understanding of historical context and reasoning are some of the most essential tools of the successful student or practitioner of diplomacy.  The History of Diplomacy concentration allows students to explore the origins of diplomacy itself, as well as its various developments over time and from place to place.  This concentration provides a foundation for those who are interested in pursuing work in history, policy and strategy assessment and formulation, international law, or other advanced studies. The concentration also provides students with opportunities to delve into the long-term causes and short-term “sparks” that led to the world wars, the cold war, decolonization, the development of the United Nations and NATO.  As new challenges emerge in the next decades, the History of Diplomacy concentration challenges students to discern the evolving historical contexts that lead to a more full and rich understanding of the present. 

Students in the History of Diplomacy concentration will be required to take six courses from the following list.

Course Title Quarter Hours
Choose six from the following, at least two must be 300-level:24
BLACK FREEDOM MOVEMENTS
INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE
SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
LEADERSHIP AND DIPLOMACY
SPECIAL TOPICS
EAST ASIA , c.1800-PRESENT
ISLAM AND THE WEST: A SURVEY OF ORIENTALISM
WORLD REFUGEE CRISIS
ORIGINS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR, 1871-1917
ORIGINS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 1914 - 1941
ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR, 1917 - 1953
THE AGE OF THE COLD WAR: 1945-1991
THE HISTORY OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR
AXIS AND ALLIES: THE SECOND WORLD WAR
FASCISM AND COUNTER REVOLUTION
INTELLIGENCE IN 20TH CENTURY
WAR AND PEACE IN THE MODERN AGE
EUROPE FROM CONFLICT TO CONSENSUS
INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS
REVOLUTION AND NATIONALISM IN IRELAND, 1798 - 1923
THE GREAT WAR, 1914 - 1918
THE HOLOCAUST
MODERN INDIA AND PAKISTAN
PALESTINE UNDER THE BRITISH MANDATE
THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
US-MEXICAN BORDERLANDS
THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS: ORIGINS AND CONTROVERSIES